Woman no longer missing

A woman who was missing for nearly a week returned safely to her home on Spring Valley Road late Monday, Athens-Clarke police said.

Marion Louise Bailey took off in her boyfriend's car last Tuesday or Wednesday after a domestic dispute, according to police.

She had gone missing in the past, but her boyfriend reported her missing Sunday after he received a series of strange text messages that made him concerned she might be in danger, police said.

The boyfriend is a truck driver, and his job took him out of town until Wednesday. He returned home to the house they shared on Spring Valley Road and found Bailey and his car were gone, police said. He started to receive alarming text messages from Bailey's phone on Friday, and continued to receive them through Monday, according to police.

Investigators didn't know at the time if Bailey had sent the text messages herself, but they came from her cellphone, according to police.

Athens-Clarke police issued a lookout for the woman and her boyfriend's car Monday afternoon.